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Tiago Forte on Taking Notes for Creative Thinking

Tiago Forte is head of Forte Labs, a firm that trains knowledge workers to “use design and technology to improve their productivity.” Your eyes might roll at the thought of more posts about...

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Using a Commonplace Book to Incubate Ideas—The Power of “Zero Drafts”

Of the many benefits of keeping a commonplace book, the one I find most powerful is allowing ideas to simmer, develop, and build  over time. In a masterful post, Tony Schwartz describes this as...

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Meditate, Move, Destroy — Robert Greene on Writing

Robert Greene wrote several best-selling books, including Mastery, The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, and The 50th Law (with 50 Cent). Though I have qualms about the Machavellian philosophy in...

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The Writer’s No-Fear Guide to Getting Up to Speed on a New Topic

There’s something about the term personal information management (PIM) that sounds so abstract, so dry, so computer-y, so. . . dull. But for me, the essence of PIM is the ability to get up to speed on...

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